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1997 PRIMARY ALUMINUM PRODUCTION: 963,000 tonnes. NOTABLE: Headquartered in Courbevoie, France, Pechiney operates ten aluminum metal subsidiaries and affiliates in Australia, Cameroon, Canada, France, Greece, Guinea, and Netherlands. The company has a production capacity of 1.063 million tonnes, making it the leading European aluminum producer and the world's fourth largest private producer of aluminum. Production in 1997 increased from the 924,000 tonnes produced in 1996. Nine production lines...